Sending Xu Guangqi away, Xiao Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief, this kind of thing that called others inexplicably without thinking of a good purpose Xiao Mu did it for the first time, and the whole process was tense, it seems that the "Beacon Opera Princes" also need a strong psychological quality, at this point, King Zhou You is obviously much stronger than Xiao Mu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, Lin Ye's performance is much stronger than Xiao Mu's, after all, Xu Guangqi was called by Xiao Mu, Lin Ye is just playing the role of watching the excitement and appreciating Xiao Mu's embarrassment, at most, it is just a small favor when Xiao Mu really can't find a topic, and there is no psychological pressure at all.

So during lunch, compared with Xiao Mu, Lin Ye seemed to be more energetic, and he still didn't feel comfortable with the scientific issues he had just discussed with Xu Guangqi, and he kept chatting with Xiao Mu - of course, there were only two people who dined, Xiao Mu and Lin Ye, and the other eunuchs and palace maids who served were still sent away according to the old rules, otherwise, Lin Ye, as the queen of the first palace, chattered non-stop during the meal, which made people see that it must have a bad impact.

"Hey, I can't imagine that the scientific level of the Ming Dynasty has been so developed, listening to what Xu Guangqi said, he seems to be able to even calculate the movement of the stars and predict solar and lunar eclipses!" Lin Yi thought that based on the little knowledge she had learned, she would definitely not be able to predict astronomical phenomena to the extent that she had learned.

Before Xiao Mu could answer, Lin Yi continued: "I used to think that ancient science was backward, but there are still many capable people, although the two of us are traversers, we don't seem to know as much as the ancients!" ”

"But Xu Guangqi is not an ordinary 'ancient', an ancient man as powerful as him may not find a second one in the entire Ming Dynasty." Xiao Mu said worriedly, Lin Yi could also clearly see the worry on Xiao Mu's face, after all, Xu Guangqi was already old, according to the normal law of birth, old age, sickness and death, it was already the age when most of his body was buried in the soil, if one day Xu Guangqi really had three longs and two shorts, it would be a huge loss for the entire Ming Dynasty.

This kind of loss is indeed extremely huge, but to what extent? That is, except for Xiao Mu and Lin Yi, the two traversers, almost no one will realize what a big loss this is - this truth seems to be a bit awkward, but in fact, in the current time and space, there are very few people who really care about the development of science. Even if Xu Guangqi did die one day, it would not seem to be a big deal for most intellectuals (who were also imperial bureaucrats), but it was just the absence of an official who usually seemed a little low-key, and Xu Guangqi's vacated position was obviously more worthy of attention than himself.

This is the norm of officialdom, of course, for Xiao Mu, there is nothing to regret about the death of one or two old fritters who have been mixed in the officialdom for many years and are good at trickery, after all, the Ming Dynasty is so big and there are so many scholars, it is really easy to find some people from Jinshi who can't fill their vacancies. However, among the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, there are not many "outliers" like Xu Guangqi who are obsessed with science, and if he dies, the vacancy will be difficult to fill, or it will not be fillable at all.

"Didn't you ask the doctors from the Tai Hospital to check the health of these old ministers regularly, and I haven't seen any of the ministers who are seriously ill, at least in a short period of time, Xu Guangqi's physical condition must be fine." Lin Yi saw what Xiao Mu was worried about, so he temporarily put away the excitement on his face when discussing scientific topics, and said in a comforting tone, "Think about it, which of those senior executives and dignitaries from various countries in the future generations did not live to be eighty or ninety years old?" Xu Guangqi can be regarded as an important minister of the imperial court, and the level of maintenance and conditioning in all aspects should not be low, even if it cannot be compared with later generations, it is much better than ordinary people, isn't it? ”

"That's right." Xiao Mu replied. After listening to Lin Yi's statement, Xiao Mu really felt that there was no need to worry too much about Xu Guangqi's physical condition, at least judging from the situation in the morning, this old minister's body was quite tough, and he didn't dare to say more, but at least there should be no problem in working for five or six years.

However, Xiao Mu still has no way to be completely calm, and the reason is also obvious, even if Xu Guangqi's physical condition is not a problem for the time being, but Xu Guangqi is still only one after all, and there is no way to live forever, if you don't think of some ways now, then it is only a matter of time before Daming's scientific and technological level falls off a cliff.

"I haven't paid attention to this issue before." Xiao Mu continued, "But I just discovered that education in ancient times and in later generations are completely different things. ”

"Huh? Of course, the education of ancient times and later generations is different, students of later generations have to learn a lot of subjects when they go to school, humanities are all-encompassing, and after arriving at university, they will continue to study professionally in a certain subject, and the education of the Ming Dynasty is nothing more than teaching some four books and five classics, at most occasionally learning some poetry and songs, in the words of later generations, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than a language class. Lin Yi said in a natural tone, after all, these are some obvious facts.

"Yes, it is precisely for this reason that there are so few people like Xu Guangqi." Xiao Mu replied, "Unlike the universities of later generations, the purpose of education for scholars in the Ming Dynasty was not to learn work skills at all, but to be officials directly. ”

"You're right." Lin Yi finally fully understood what Xiao Mu wanted to express, "But these are all traditions formed over hundreds of thousands of years, and they definitely can't be changed in a moment, especially now that the Ming Dynasty has reached such a time, if you rashly change the affairs of scholars, I'm afraid the consequences will be very serious." ”

Needless to say, Xiao Mu also knew what kind of time "such a time" meant in Lin Ye's mouth, Xiao Mu, who thought he had no political talent, had no choice but to sigh and say: "I just complained a little, even if the current Ming Dynasty is in the Chengping era with no internal and external troubles, with my ability, I will definitely not be able to change this thousand-year-old tradition." ”

"That being said, it's not like you can't do anything right now." Lin Yi spoke after listening to Xiao Mu's negative answer.